PRESS RELEASE: The highly anticipated action-packed online series “Angel of Death,” starring Zoë Bell (Quentin Tarantino’s Death Proof) and Lucy Lawless (Xena: Warrior Princess, Battlestar Galactica) premieres as a special programming event today—Monday, March 2, 2009—on Crackle.com, Sony Pictures Entertainment’s online video network. A new 8-10 minute long episode will be available each weekday through March 13th. Together with new footage, the series will be released in its entirety on DVD as a full length feature, after its online broadcast.

“Angel of Death,” is an action packed thriller about a remorseless assassin, Eve (Zoë Bell), employed by a ruthless crime family. After suffering a severe head trauma while on the job, she begins to hallucinate and becomes haunted by her victims. As a result of her injury, Eve is driven to seek revenge on those who ordered the hits in the first place—her mob employers...

In addition to Bell and Lawless, the cast includes Doug Jones (Pan’s Labyrinth, Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer) as Dr. Rankin; Vail Bloom (The Young and the Restless) as Regina Downes; Ted Raimi (Xena: Warrior Princess) as Jed Norton; Brian Poth (CSI: Miami) as Graham; Justin Huen (Weeds) as Franklin; and Jake Abel (Cold Case) as Cameron Downes.

“We’re thrilled that Angel of Death will kick-off our special event programming in 2009,” said Eric Berger, Senior Vice President of digital networks for Sony Pictures Television. “Ed Brubaker is a master storyteller whose award-winning comic book experience is a natural fit. We’re certain that audiences will be riveted by Zoë Bell, Lucy Lawless, Doug Jones and the rest of the cast as they bring Ed’s work to life.”